Great talk on the use of generative tools in game jam development by Amy Smith @saharmirhadi Florence Smith Nicholls Sunny ☀️🎢 Callum Deery at @iGGiCON2023

I've been feeling stuck for a while despite doing a bunch of things on my research. Yes I'm probaly making progress, but the hurdle between each milestone feels really far, so really need to tell myself to take smaller steps!

I am proud of Sunny ☀️🎢 for his excellent model of the incredible complexity of the metagame in #esports, and for providing us with highly actionable insights #EsportsMeta #EsportsEcosystem #gamedevelopment #gamingecosystem #FreeAccess #Esports #Research in Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports

The CFP of my favourite academic event is out: The Annual Tampere University Game Research Lab Spring Seminar will happen 7-8 May 2024, and for it's 20th(!) year, the theme is appropriately META. springseminar.org/2024-call-for-…

I just want to do a stupid T-test 😭

New paper out! I am really happy to share our review paper titled "The State of the Art in Procedural Audio", co-written with Joshua Reiss and Pedro Pestana and published at the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. dmenex.github.io/proceduralaudi… #procedural #audio #research #paper

Anddd that's a wrap for 2023. Off for a much needed Christmas break! (hopefully I get some rest this time😅)

Valve cleaning up the streets of Dota 2. The gift that keeps giving.

Definitely feeling it now. I’ve managed to ration my meds for the past couple of months by taking reduced dosage. Wasn’t ideal but it still helped. Now running out and definitely feel like I’m a useless blob at times after just a couple of days. They need to sort this out ASAP.

Current status:

CHI Play paper submitted. Now for some sleep 😴

“If you’re scared, do it scared!” They’re the words I keep telling myself in anticipation of today. Those who know me may know I’m terrified of giving presentations. Today I passed my stage 2(a) progression panel, and apparently I presented well! I’ll take these small wins!

Reminder to go out touch grass sometimes 🤓.

Just a quick nip into Thorpe Park Official for my daily dose of fearless finding. Is this the beginning of a Hyperia every day challenge? 😂

Oh look it’s me! Was such a great opening day, can’t believe it’s a few weeks ago now! Lucky to have such a ride in the UK.

Another 8 rides on #hyperia today. 27 total count so far. Road to 100? 🤔 Thorpe Park Official can I have a cookie when I get there? 😂🍪

Thorpe's probably got that crane company on speed dial 😂 #hyperia #thorpepark

Been avoiding this, but might be time to admit that I'm actually burnt out from my PhD research. Just not finding the same joy as I did before. Might be time to take a month or two off, even though I felt like I achieved nothing for the past 4-5 months...

If they didn’t they probably have now.